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Subject: FAQ:PdoxWin:Scrolling with mice:2001.05.25

Version 1.0 (1999.12.25)
supplied by Kasey Chang and Jack Wasserstein
modifications from: Lance Leonard
edited by Paradox FAQ Team
Reposted by Mike Irwin: 2001.02.05
Reposted by Mike Irwin: 2001.05.25

====================
0. Introduction
====================

This FAQ addresses resolution of a "deficiency" in some
versions of Paradox, where they ignore use of the "wheel"
addition to later generations of mice. This is normally due
to the fact that the wheel was introduced after that version
of Paradox.

This FAQ is appropriate to users of all versions of Paradox
for Windows running on Windows 95, 98, and NT.

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 0.1 Legal Info and Disclaimers
-------------------------------

Paradox is a trademark of Corel.
Borland Database Engine (BDE) is a trademark of Inprise.

The information provided in this FAQ is provided "as is" and
is not warranted in any way. The information provided in
this FAQ is not endorsed or authorized by Corel or Inprise
in any shape, form, or manner. The editors claim NO
responsibility for ANY illegal activity regarding this file,
or as a result of someone reading this file.

You may distribute this file, as long as the copies are
complete, unaltered, and are in electronic form only.

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 0.2 Feedback
-------------

Please send feedback in a Corel Paradox newsgroup or the
news:comp.databases.Paradox newsgroup to any of the FAQ
Team mentioned in the "FAQ: FAQ FAQ" document.
Please preface the subject of your post with the string
"PDXWIN FAQ" to alert Team members to the function of
the message.

Please specify the FAQ name and section number the
comment applies to, if any.

==============================
1. General Problem Information
==============================

Microsoft and, subsequently, other vendors, have introduced
an additional control to their mice, usually in the form of 
a rotating wheel between the two main mouse buttons.

Logitech's Mouseman+ range also incorporates a button
function to this wheen, so that it can be pressed in the 
same manner as a middle mouse button. Wacom's Graphire
tablet/mouse combination has a plain wheel. IBM's mice
offer a small navigation button of the same sort as found
on many laptops instead of the wheel.

The reason for this addition is to enable users to scroll 
through documents without having to move the mouse to the 
scroll-bar.

===============
2. Explanations
===============

This additional control very often fails to work on many 
versions of Paradox. This is usually because the Paradox 
version involved was released before the mouse additions.

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3. Remedies
===========

With several mouse types, such as the Logitech ones, it is 
possible to completely reprogram the functionality of the 
mouse controls, thus gaining scrollability within Paradox 
on many occasions. With other mice, or under other 
circumstances, this may not be possible.

If, after obtaining the latest drivers for your mouse and 
investigating the possibilities of reprogramming it, you 
cannot obtain the scrolling effect you desire, you can try 
using a program called "FreeWheel".

This is a set of drivers that add scrolling support for 
products that were not coded for the wheel, allowing you to 
scroll manually or automatically through multipage displays. 
If you prefer to not have such action in some products, 
FreeWheel's configuration options allow you to tell it what 
products to ignore. It adds "Scroll Up" and "Scroll Down" to 
your list of sound-assignable items in Control Panel, so you 
can associate sounds to the actions.

You can obtain FreeWheel from ZiffDavis' download site.
Go to

http://hotfiles.zdnet.com/downloads/

and search for "FreeWheel" (without the quotes). You should 
be brought to this page:

 http://hotfiles.zdnet.com/cgi-bin/texis/swlib/hotfiles/
info.html?fcode=000FWT

where you can download the software. Several users have had 
success with this product, with both Paradox 8 and 9.


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